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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Victor Yebohal" <antoniajohnson@centrum.cz>
Reply-To: victoryebohal@centrum.cz
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:36:11 +0700
Subject: Get back to me immediately








Hello Dear,

I am Mr.Victor Yebohal. contract evaluation and the head of business
management Department of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation ( G.N.P.C )
and responsible for the award of contracts.
G.N.P.C has contract of building and supply so i need you to handle some
of the contracts only if you agree with my terms,we will have a
confidential binding business agreement where by I will be awarding your
company the contract and in return certain percentage is reserved for me.
On no account should any person or any other competing companies know
that I have interest or know of this arrangement between us for our own
interest.

If the offer is okay with you kindly respond with your complete name and
phone number through my box below:

EMAIL: victoryebohal@centrum.cz


Thanks,
Yours faithfully.
Mr.Victor Yebohal.

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